I think my network just never starts - how can I login to the console


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Hi -

Coming from 6.1.9.  Loaded 6.2.RC3.  I'd posted in another thread that it hangs on cpuload started, but upon reverting to 6.1.9, the console is "stuck" at the same place with a fully functional array (from all array/docker/app perspectives) so I don't think that's a valid diagnosis.  Rather, I think my network just never starts.  Ignorant question - how can I login to the console to find out what's going on? There's no prompt?  Or, is the fact that I have no prompt indicative of some other issue that needs to be resolved?

 

 

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Hi -

Coming from 6.1.9.  Loaded 6.2.RC3.  I'd posted in another thread that it hangs on cpuload started, but upon reverting to 6.1.9, the console is "stuck" at the same place with a fully functional array (from all array/docker/app perspectives) so I don't think that's a valid diagnosis.  Rather, I think my network just never starts.  Ignorant question - how can I login to the console to find out what's going on? There's no prompt?  Or, is the fact that I have no prompt indicative of some other issue that needs to be resolved?

Try booting into safe mode (option when you boot up) and see what difference that makes.

 

Beyond that, it could be a buggered flash drive.  You could try popping it into a windows machine and running the disk checks against it.  Or set up a new flash drive as a trial and see if that'll boot up.

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I'm able to type, i.e. characters show up, but it doesn't do anything.  I'd expect to be able to ctl-C a few times and get a prompt, never happens.

 

I tried safe mode with RC3 and got the same thing - i.e., no network, no prompt. 

I haven't tried safe mode with 6.1.9 - it's a PITA to get a monitor on it but I'll give it a whirl.  Will also try checking the flash drive.

 

Stay tuned - and thanks for forking this off appropriately.

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After the cpuload message is shown, it is supposed to [1] install packages (see folder /extra on your flash), [2] install plugins (see folder /config/plugins on your flash) and [3] execute the go file (see /config/go on your flash device).

 

Sounds like it is hanging in one of these. Check your flash device for corruption (e.g. use Windows) or maybe delete what isn't required.

 

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No difference with safe mode... i.e., it boots and seems to run, but no console activity after cpuload started.

 

no flash drive corruption reported by windows disk check.

 

There is a ton of stuff in packages & plugins. A literal crapload. Can these all just be cleared out? I don't know where they all came from, I've been using this flash drive since 4.6 or so - I'm thinking a lot if this is legacy that is no longer used? My array is fairly stock - all the apps I know that I run are at the docker level. Any plugins are utility-type (nerdpack, stats, etc)

 

No Extra File

 

Plugins - I recognize most of these:

root@BEAST:/boot/config/plugins# ls -hl
total 176K
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Sep 16  2014 Docker/
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4.0K Mar 21 11:07 NerdPack/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6.2K Mar 21 11:07 NerdPack.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Aug  8 15:07 community.applications/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  20K Aug  8 15:07 community.applications.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4.0K Nov 19  2015 dockerMan/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.1K Aug 18  2014 dockerMan.plgnotbah*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Aug 17 10:24 dynamix/
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Feb 16  2016 dynamix.active.streams/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.0K Feb 16  2016 dynamix.active.streams.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Feb 16  2016 dynamix.cache.dirs/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.5K Feb 16  2016 dynamix.cache.dirs.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Nov 19  2015 dynamix.kvm.manager/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.8K Aug  8 15:08 dynamix.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Feb 16  2016 dynamix.ssd.trim/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.3K Feb 16  2016 dynamix.ssd.trim.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Jul  6 11:21 dynamix.system.info/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.6K Jul  6 11:21 dynamix.system.info.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K May 20 09:23 dynamix.system.stats/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.2K May 20 09:23 dynamix.system.stats.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Jul  6 11:21 dynamix.system.temp/
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Dec 21  2015 open.files/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.4K Dec 21  2015 open.files.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4.0K Sep 26  2014 powerdown/
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K May 20 09:22 preclear.disk/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0K May 20 09:22 preclear.disk.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Feb 16  2016 tablesorter/
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4.0K Mar  1 08:58 unassigned.devices/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  20K Jul  6 11:21 unassigned.devices.plg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4.0K Apr 21  2014 webGui/
root@BEAST:/boot/config/plugins#

 

Go File - I remember adding that beep, and now that you mention it, I haven't heard that wobble tone in quite some time.  This is not a new problem...

root@BEAST:/boot/config# cat go
#!/bin/bash
# Start the Management Utility
/usr/local/sbin/emhttp -p 81
#/boot/unmenu/uu

cd /boot/packages && find . -name '*.auto_install' -type f -print | sort | xargs -n1 sh -c
beep -f 700 ; beep -f 500 ; beep -f 700 ; beep -f 500

 

Here's /boot/packages - most of these look old and foreign.

 

root@BEAST:/boot/packages# ls -hal
total 16M
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root  12K Feb 16  2016 ./
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4.0K Aug 17 10:39 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  23K Sep 26  2014 airvideo-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.5K Sep 26  2014 apcupsd-3.14.10-unmenu-package-x86_64.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.6K Sep 26  2014 apcupsd-3.14.10-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.5K Sep 26  2014 apcupsd-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.7K Sep 26  2014 apcupsd3-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  42K May 26  2012 bwm-ng-0.6-x86_64-4cf.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  125 Sep 26  2014 bwm-ng-0.6-x86_64-4cf.txz.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  125 Sep 26  2014 bwm-ng-0.6-x86_64-4cf.txz.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.1K Sep 26  2014 bwm-ng-unmenu-package-x86_64.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.1K Sep 26  2014 bwm-ng-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.8K Sep 26  2014 compiler-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.8K Sep 26  2014 compiler-unmenu-package_x86_64.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.3K Sep 26  2014 cpio-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 cpufrequtils-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 cxxlibs-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.0K Sep 26  2014 dmidecode-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.1K Sep 26  2014 ds_store_cleanup-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.9K Sep 26  2014 dynamic-dns-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.7K Sep 26  2014 encfs-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  644 Sep 26  2014 file-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 hdparm-9.27-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  898 Sep 26  2014 hdparm-9.37-unmenu-package-1.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  990 Sep 26  2014 htop-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  931 Sep 26  2014 iftop-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.2K Sep 26  2014 image_server-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 inotify-tools-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.5K Sep 26  2014 iperf-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.9K Sep 26  2014 istat-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 jre-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 lighttpd-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  991 Sep 26  2014 lsof-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0K Sep 26  2014 mail-ssmtp-unmenu-package-x86_64.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0K Sep 26  2014 mail-ssmtp-unmenu-package-x86_64.conf-2014-09-26-120013.bak*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6.9K Sep 26  2014 mail-ssmtp-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9.6K Sep 26  2014 mail_status-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9.6K Sep 26  2014 mail_status-unmenu-package.conf-2014-09-26-120258.bak*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 234K Jul  4  2012 mailx-12.5-x86_64-1.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.3K Sep 26  2014 md5deep-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.2K Sep 26  2014 monthly-parity-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  700 Sep 26  2014 monthly_parity_check.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  700 Sep 26  2014 monthly_parity_check.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.7K Sep 26  2014 mover_conditional_sync-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 mover_exclude_underscore-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.1K Sep 26  2014 mover_fix-logging-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.6K Sep 26  2014 mysql-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.1K Sep 26  2014 ntfs-3g-2010.3.6-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.6K Sep 26  2014 openssh-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Sep 26  2014 openssl-1.0.1g-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 openssl-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Sep 26  2014 p910nd-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  768 Sep 26  2014 pbzip2-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  994 Sep 26  2014 pciutils-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  14M Sep  2  2013 perl-5.18.1-x86_64-1.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.0K Sep 26  2014 perl-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2.0K Sep 26  2014 php-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7.3K Sep 26  2014 powerdown-2.06-noarch-unRAID.tgz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  526 Sep 26  2014 powerdown-2.06-noarch-unRAID.tgz.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  526 Sep 26  2014 powerdown-2.06-noarch-unRAID.tgz.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 powerdown-2.06_ctlaltdel-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.3K Sep 26  2014 powerdown-overtemp-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 powerdown_ctlaltdel-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.8K Sep 26  2014 proftp-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 python-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.3K Sep 26  2014 python_cheetah-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.1K Sep 26  2014 reiserfsck-3.6.21-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  988 Sep 26  2014 rsync-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.7K Sep 26  2014 ruby-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  25K Sep 26  2014 sabnzbd-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 476K May 16  2013 screen-4.0.3-x86_64-4.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  164 Sep 26  2014 screen-4.0.3-x86_64-4.txz.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  164 Sep 26  2014 screen-4.0.3-x86_64-4.txz.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.5K Sep 26  2014 screen-unmenu-package-x86_64.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.5K Sep 26  2014 screen-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  12K Sep 26  2014 shellinabox-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.4K Sep 26  2014 smartctl-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 socat-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 sqlite-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  32K Dec 21  2013 ssmtp-2.64-x86_64-3sl.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.5K Sep 26  2014 ssmtp-2.64-x86_64-3sl.txz.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.5K Sep 26  2014 ssmtp-2.64-x86_64-3sl.txz.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.1K Sep 26  2014 svn-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.2K Sep 26  2014 unraid-overtemp-shutdown.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.2K Sep 26  2014 unraid-overtemp-shutdown.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0K Sep 26  2014 unraid-status-email.auto_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0K Sep 26  2014 unraid-status-email.manual_install*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3.9K Sep 26  2014 unraid-web-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.1K Sep 26  2014 unrar-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  14K Jul 27  2010 utempter-1.1.5-x86_64-1.txz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  826 Sep 26  2014 vim-unmenu-package.conf*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.2K Sep 26  2014 zip-unmenu-package.conf*

 

 

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Much of what you have in packages (the .autoinstall files) are available within the NerdPack plugin or better installed via a plugin (ie: powerdown)  or natively included in unRaid nowadays  Go with what bonienl says and wipe the whole thing and revert to a nearly stock go and remove this line:

 

cd /boot/packages && find . -name '*.auto_install' -type f -print | sort | xargs -n1 sh -c

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Still having no luck.. Packages and Plugins have been emptied - blank directories now.  config/go only has the emhttp.  Even removed the -p 81 to run on default port.  Ready to wipe my flash and start completely from scratch - how do I make sure my license and configuration are preserved?

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Ok - I'm in better shape now.  I re-copied the 6.1.9 binaries over and re-ran make-bootable (because the first time I got a weird error trying to boot) and now I have a successful prompt after booting.  Now I'm going to try the 6.2 update again - with no plugins - and will see what happens.  Thanks for your assistance!!

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